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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlabama Newspaper: Alabama voters must reject Roy Moore; we endorse Doug Jones for U.S. Senate
Do not let this conversation be muddled. This election has become a referendum on whether we will accept this kind of behavior from our leaders.
Alabamians have never cared about what the rest of country thinks of them. And we do not expect all the handwringing from national pundits, conservative or liberal, to make much of a difference. This election isn't about what a late-night comedian may think of Alabama or whether Sean Hannity can sell advertisements; it's not about Saturday Night Live or Mitch McConnell. It's not about Breitbart or National Democrats. It is about the moral values of the people of Alabama.
Do not make your voting decision based on who it will affect on a national stage. Vote based on who it will affect in your hometown.
We each know someone in our lives who is a survivor of sexual assault or child abuse. Many of us are still searching for the words needed to tell our own stories and some may never find that voice. This election is about them.
How can we look our neighbors, our parishioners, our colleagues, our partners, or our children in the eyes and tell them they are worth less than ensuring one political party keeps a Senate seat? How can we expect young Alabamians to have faith in their government or their church, when its leaders equivocate on matters as clear cut as sexual abuse?
[link:http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/11/our_view_alabama_voters_must_r.html#incart_maj-story-1|
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Alabama Newspaper: Alabama voters must reject Roy Moore; we endorse Doug Jones for U.S. Senate (Original Post)
Soph0571
Nov 2017
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Salute to al.com !
For upholding basic human decency against the republican tidal wave of moral and ethical degeneracy.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)2. Free clue for the republican party's horde of moral midgets:
DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)3. These newspapers aren't exactly liberal.
In a matter of fact, The Birmingham News is the most conservative of the 3 papers in the Alabama Media group. The other papers, The Huntsville Times, and Mobile Press-Register aren't quite as hardcore conservative, but nevertheless wouldn't be considered Liberal by any measure.
NOTED: long-time former delivery person of the Birmingham News when they were an evening paper (Post-Herald was the morning paper) and lived in a town with an at the time weak 7-day evening paper, The Gadsden Times. BTW, home of Roy Moore.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)4. Important point
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)5. October 9, 2016: "Endorsement: We're with Hillary Clinton. Frankly, Donald Trump's dangerous."
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/10/endorsement_hillary_clinton.html
We know how they voted.
We know how they voted.